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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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